After reading the properties of this pot, everyone didn't know what to say.
Those miscellaneous properties were nothing.
But...
[Effect 1: Food cooked with this pot will have various time-limited properties, and there is a chance that food with permanent property enhancement will appear]
This property was really useful.
If you could really cook food that provided permanent property enhancements as described—
didn't that mean you could become stronger just by eating food?!
A divine weapon—this was definitely a divine weapon no less powerful than the radio gymnastics tape Theresa had obtained before.
Himeko and Theresa exchanged a glance, then looked at Mei at the same time.
Being stared at by those burning gazes, Mei felt a chill down her spine. She was under a full-on malicious assault.
"I'll say this in advance: I'm not cooking for anyone else!"
Sensing something ominous, Mei quickly spoke up to make her stance clear.
Theresa and Himeko showed regretful expressions upon hearing that.
Mei twitched the corner of her mouth.
Okay, do these two really want me to become their full-time cook?!
The two freeloaders eating white rice at home were enough trouble already.
Now they actually wanted her to be a full-time cook?
She came here to be a Valkyrie, not a chef!
I, Raiden Mei, refuse to be a cook!
Mei wanted to shout out such slogans to resist the constant humiliation.
However, when she thought of the two freeloaders waiting for her, she lost the motivation to fight to the end.
With that wave of depression, Mei set the pot aside and opened the last box she had left.
A dazzling golden light burst out.
"This is... a USB flash drive?!"
Mei picked it up from the box, confusion on her face.
She then checked the item information.
[USB flash drive recording the manufacturing technology of soulium]
[It is just an ordinary USB flash drive, which records the manufacturing technology of soulium, a special metal material from the previous era]
The extremely simple description was summarized in just two short lines.
"Soulium? What's that?"
Mei had no clue.
Fu Hua offered an explanation.
"It's a special material developed in the previous era. It has extremely high strength and is highly resistant to Honkai energy. Its durability is extraordinary."
As a survivor of the previous era, even though she had forgotten most of her memories, Fu Hua still remembered this small detail.
"My Oath of Judah is also made of soulium."
Theresa clapped her hands as she fetched Oath of Judah from the corner and placed it on the ground.
"As Fu Hua said, soulium is a very powerful material."
"Weapons with soulium components are undoubtedly very powerful."
"Unfortunately, Schicksal has no idea how to make soulium," Theresa added, glancing enviously at the USB flash drive in Mei's hand.
Good stuff—undoubtedly good stuff.
You had to know, Schicksal's current soulium supply relied entirely on scavenging ruins.
The technology to manufacture it was unavailable at headquarters.
If this could be used in the weapons development department, would her Far East branch ever lack funding again?!
While Theresa was lost in her daydreams, Mei now understood what soulium was, so she chose to give her the USB drive.
Though it sounded impressive, it was still just a piece of technology.
She couldn't use it.
In that case, it was better to give it to someone who could.
Theresa naturally didn't refuse and accepted the USB drive, adding.
"When soulium weapons are put into production, you can report your needs."
Mei's unboxing ended here.
It was now Fu Hua's turn.
However, Fu Hua was quite unique.
Kiana, Mei, Bronya, and Theresa—everyone who had answered the questions—had received the same Homu Reward Box.
Although Fu Hua also received a Homu Reward Box, the one she got was different.
This was the first time they had seen a box like this.
Since it was her first time entering the Q&A space, Fu Hua didn't notice anything unusual.
When her turn came, she opened the Homu Box without hesitation.
Then, a dazzling white light burst out.
Wait...
The Homu Reward Box could also emit white light?!
Kiana, Mei, and Bronya—who had opened boxes several times before—were all shocked by the scene.
Their boxes had always emitted golden light, so they thought that was the only possibility.
But now, white light had appeared.
What would white light produce?
Given this rare exception, everyone except Fu Hua and Himeko was curious.
The box gradually disappeared, and a crystal glass bead lay on the ground.
This glass bead looked dull, and upon closer inspection, seemed to be just an ordinary marble.
"..."
Fu Hua, though unaware of what was going on, still opened the marble's information using Mei's method.
[Inferior Energy Bead]
[A marble that stores a lot of energy, but due to its inferior quality, energy occasionally leaks out]
[Effect: Can provide power for instruments and robots]
Another very simple item.
Compared to the soulium manufacturing technology Mei had received earlier, this felt like the exact opposite.
The former had been surprisingly valuable.
This one... no one knew what it was for.
"Perhaps this thing can power the ELF mentioned in the earlier question?"
Remembering Fu Hua's question, Mei made a guess.
"…"
Fu Hua was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered—
The Book of Fuxi that had stayed with her for some time had entered a dormant state due to lack of energy.
If this bead could provide energy—
Couldn't she use it to wake the Book of Fuxi again?
However... speaking of the Book of Fuxi—
Where had she placed her?
"Hmm..."
Fu Hua thought for a while, then finally concluded.
—In Mount Taixu.
Before the fire, she had stayed in Mount Taixu all year round.
If she wanted to store something important, she would have kept it in her residence there.
But she really couldn't remember where exactly she had put it.
Forget it. She would just find time to return to Mount Taixu and look for it slowly.
Since she had completely forgotten about it, Fu Hua wasn't too concerned.
She pocketed the energy bead and said nothing more.
She directly opened the Homu Box that had appeared for the first time.
When the box opened, everyone leaned closer, curious to see what this unique box would reveal.
Unlike the golden light from the previous Hom Boxes, and unlike the white light Fu Hua had just seen, the light produced this time was different.
—Explosion.